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Your State - Crime Statistics
Disaster Center Crime Rates in Nebraska from 1960 to 1997 www.disastercenter.com/crime/necrimn.htm
Teen Violence Prevention Programs
MAD DADS, Inc. Eddie F. Staton, President MAD DADS National Headquarters 3030 Sprague Street Omaha, NE 68111 Phone: 402-451-3500 Fax: 402-451-3477 URL: www.maddadsnational.com	MAD DADs is a nationwide coalition of community fathers who offer violence prevention through community service. Using community policing strategies, MAD DADS cooperates with law enforcement agencies by providing weekend street patrols within troubled areas; reporting crime; painting over gang graffiti; and challenging drug dealers and gang members to leave the area.
Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) Mike Lowther, Project Director Southwest Prevention Center, The University of Oklahoma 555 Constitution Street, Ste. 132 Norman, OK 73072 Phone: 800-853-2572 E-mail: molowther@ou.edu URL: www.swcapt.org	The fundamental mission of the national CAPT system is to bring research to practice. The CAPT system is designed to work with States and local communities, policymakers and local leaders, agencies and task forces to apply the science-based prevention technology that works. This group works in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.
Community Crime Prevention Programs
Neighborhood Builders Amy Krueger, Administrative Assistant c/o Center for Public Affairs Research 6001 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68182 Phone: 402-595-1214 Fax: 402-595-2366 URL: www.unomaha.edu/ ~wwwpa/neighbors
Omaha Community Foundation Yana Morgan 1623 Farnam Street, STE 600 Omaha, NE 68102 Phone: 402-342-3458 Fax: 402-342-3582 E-mail: ysmocf@omahacf.org URL: www.omahacf.org	They identify and address current and anticipated community needs; raise, manage and distribute funds for charitable purposes in the areas of civic, cultural, health education and social services.
Omaha Community Partnership Karen Hadley, Director c/o Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha PKCC 232, 6001 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68182 Phone: 402-595-2354 Fax: 402-595-3229 E-mail: khadley@fa-cpacs.unomaha.edu URL: www.unomaha.edu/~wwwpa/ocp
SafeFutures Consortium University of Nebraska at Omaha Peter Kiewit Conference Center, Room 232 133 Farnam St. Omaha, NE 68182 Phone: 402-595-1213 Fax: 402-595-3229 URL: www.unomaha.edu/~wwwpa/ safehome.html	Focuses on a collaborative approach to violence prevention in youth.
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